As it turned out, the village chief's fears were justified.

After the uncle punished several villagers for defecating in the open with "gentle wind and drizzle", the majority of villagers burst out with great enthusiasm for the cause of public toilets. The most immediate effect is that the filth on the side of the road is gone, and the most direct effect is that the manure pit is soon full.

Early in the morning, Fang Zhongyong was called to the public toilet by his uncle. Looking at the uncle with a sad face, Fang Zhongyong was very strange: "Dare to ask the uncle, why are you worried?" ”

"Zhongyong, this pit is full so soon, what should I do? If you splash it directly on the ground as usual, won't it still stink everywhere? "It seems that the quality of the uncle has improved a lot.

"Don't worry. Uncle, please take a look! Fang Zhongyong said as he opened the plank that covered the second pit.

Although the uncle is the village head, he also has to do farm work often, and he will not "cover his nose and leave", but he is a little confused: "What are you looking at?" ”

Fang Zhongyong explained: "The manure water in this pit has been soaked for more than ten days, and its fertility is much higher than that of ordinary manure, but the smell is not so strong. In the past, the villagers used to sprinkle filth directly on the crops, right? Uncle nodded.

Fang Zhongyong went on to explain: "If you splash it directly, the fertility will be almost completely wasted, and it will have a certain amount of burning on the crops. It's indecent, and it stinks. ”

Uncle nodded, giving full play to the role of an excellent compliment: "Then what should I do?" ”

Fang Zhongyong is ready to play the role of an agronomist to the end: "It's simple. Dig a pit about four inches deep (13 centimeters) next to the crops, pour double the amount of water from the pit with water, and cover it with soil. Seeing that the uncle was skeptical, he didn't say more.

Let the facts answer his questions!

In fact, the general yield of ancient agriculture was not high, and the lack of effective fertilization was an important reason. People have long adopted the "slash-and-burn" model for farming. Find a wasteland, burn it, and sow the seeds, and the crops will be planted. As for the harvest, it depends on how many mouthfuls of food God will eat. After a few years, when the yield is low, it is considered that the land is "exhausted", and the same operation is repeated over another piece of land.

By the Tang and Song dynasties, due to the rapid growth of the population, there was not so much wasteland to rotate. People passively carried out "intensive farming", and gradually learned how to increase soil fertility with plant ash and human and animal excrement. However, most of them are not buried, and few people know the value of manure and manure to increase agricultural income.

Half a month later, Fang Zhongyong's crops that had been fertilized were obviously much thicker than those in other people's fields. Looking at the crops with obvious gaps, the villagers were anxious. They all rely on the soil to dig for food, and who doesn't understand that the things that can make crops grow well are treasures! You can't let Fang Lao'er's family eat alone!

Everyone rushed up and scrambled for this peasant treasure. But there are only more than 300 people in the whole village, even if the metabolic function is strong, how much fertilizer can be produced? As a result, those who grabbed it were triumphant, and those who didn't grab it were indignant.

Fang Zhongyong was afraid that it would not be beautiful to argue, so he hurriedly dissuaded: "This method of accumulating fat is not just this one. There are other ways to do this, so let me tell you slowly. When everyone heard this, they stopped making noise and listened carefully to Fang Zhongyong's secrets.

In fact, although there are many ways to accumulate fertilizer, they are generally made by using human and animal excrement, plant roots, stems and leaves, and relying on its natural fermentation. Of course, if you stack it in the open, you will lose some of your fertility. Therefore, it is mostly completed by digging pits, stacking, and covering soil. Since a single fertilizer can lead to an imbalance in nutrients, raw materials tend to be diversified.

After Fang Zhongyong explained it to everyone, a dry pond outside the village fell into bad luck. Straw, leaves, and aquatic plants are thrown into it, and they are counted as Sven's; The manure of chickens, ducks, cows and sheep is poured into it, which is considered decent. There are extravagant people who are even ready to make some human waste on the spot to increase the raw materials. The attempt was stopped by an angry roar from the village chief.

Looking at the jubilant villagers, Fang Zhongyong couldn't be happy. Don't look at the Song Dynasty, which is known as the most economically prosperous feudal dynasty, and even more, the grain output during the Song Renzong period was not very high, just a few people starved to death less than other dynasties. At that time, the yield of rice per mu in the south was about three stones (360 city catties), and the wheat yield in the north was more miserable, only a little more than one stone, less than 150 city catties. If you understand it in modern times, it is enough for a person to eat two or three hundred catties of grain and rice a year. But that's the result of eating a lot of fruits, eggs, milk and meat, and having a high intake of fat and carbohydrates.

The reality is that the lower yield per mu and higher taxes have made many people of the Great Song Dynasty struggle on the food and clothing line. During this period (and almost throughout Chinese history), ordinary people were mostly dish-faced and malnourished. Because there will be enough food to eat, there will be no surplus to feed the livestock, and there will be no meat, eggs, or milk. People who only eat steamed buns with vegetables every day are not as good as those who eat meat regularly. The farming peoples of the Central Plains have been invaded by the northern nomads for a long time, and there are few victories in the field, which is probably inseparable from the composition of the recipe. However, there is no solution.

Seeing that Fang Zhongyong was not particularly happy, the uncle quipped, "What's wrong?" Aren't you afraid that if you accumulate too much fat, your crops will not be good enough and steal your limelight? ”

Fang Zhongyong smiled bitterly: "Why did Uncle say this? I wish I could thresh a thousand catties of rice per acre of land, and everyone would have meat to eat in their bowl every day. Several other villagers hurriedly waved their hands: "Don't dare to think, don't dare to think!" ”

Fang Zhongyong finally showed his fox tail: "I'm just worried that just relying on these dead branches and rotten leaves, I'm afraid the effect of increasing yield is not obvious." It's better to get more human and animal manure to get the fertility higher! Everyone calmed down and discussed ways to increase their metabolic function.

Seeing that the building was about to be crooked, Fang Zhongyong hurriedly reversed the direction of the topic: "The method, the kid has already thought about it." There are no more than two kinds: one is to go to a neighboring village or Jinxi County to pour night incense, and the other is to raise more livestock and poultry by yourself. ”

Father Fang was unhappy: "The work of pouring night incense is also something you can do?" You will be the magistrate of the county in the future, you can't do it! Raise some chickens, ducks, cows and sheep by yourself? Less, useless; If there is more, who has so much food? Seeing that his clever plan was deprecated by his father for being useless, Fang Zhongyong said secretly: Is this his father? How do you turn your elbow outward? Besides, I didn't say I was going to pour the night incense myself, did I?

But his father's authority could not be disobeyed, so he had to give in: "Dad, it is not necessary to use a lot of food to raise livestock. Raising chickens and ducks can usually be driven by children to the fields to eat some grass seeds and insects, and where to use a few grains of grain. The same is probably true for cattle and sheep. Just feed some beans, bran, and hay in winter. ”

When everyone heard this, they all said, "Yes, yes." But then I thought about it, no! Chicken seedlings and duck seedlings are not cheap, calves and lambs are even more expensive, and ordinary people who do not have the first pot of gold have said: I can't afford it!

Chairman Fang, who has become the chairman of the angel investment fund, said that five words floated through the sky!

Fang Dong said that in order to let his respectable and lovely villagers live a happy life of eating meat and vomiting as soon as possible, he is willing to provide seedlings and cubs, and take back 20% as a reward when they grow up. In this regard, Marx said that the blood of capitalists is black from head to toe. Fang's father said that the stinky boy has made his own decisions again, and when he goes home, he must be served by the family.

Fang's father's family law is generally composed of wooden sticks and bamboo sticks, and there are other things in between, which are subject to what can be obtained at hand. Fortunately, Fang's father is not a chef, otherwise Fang Zhongyong's life is "a miserable word". In order to avoid the pain of flesh and skin, Fang Zhongyong had to have a cordial and friendly meeting with his father on the issue of "surplus value". The two said that it was a successful meeting, a victorious meeting, and laid the foundation for a bright future for Fangjia Village. Of course, there were occasional words such as "soft-shelled turtle eggs" and "stuffed thieves" in the meeting. The details of which are not enough for outsiders also.

In the end, Fang's father took out the coffin book and used it as the start-up capital for the project. Fang Zhongyong relied on the sale of cute supernatural powers to obtain additional funding - ten two-month-old boars.

Looking at the ten little black pigs with meat, Fang Zhongyong was like seeing his long-lost son. Dea

, my braised pork; dea

, my stewed ribs; dea

, my sweet and sour tenderloin......

Father Fang looked at his drooling son and was very confused: "This is crazy if you want to eat meat!" The piglet's meat is not delicious, there is no oil and water! Hi son, wake up! Fang Zhongyong wiped his saliva and said, "Who wants to eat roast suckling pig?" The meat is too tender, it's not delicious! I'm going to raise a pig for more than 100 catties before eating. ”

In fact, the pig is a wild boar domesticated by primitive people, and it has always existed as a symbol of wealth and a sacrifice - you can see the word "home" to know that the ancients were very aware of the conditions for wanting to get rid of a single and start a family: the treasure is the house, and the pig (the ancient name of the pig) is the ticket. But the question arises: if pigs are so important, why haven't they become the main meat for people?

One is dirty. The Chinese black pig and its uncivilized cousin, the wild boar, have basically the same requirements for a living environment: after eating and drinking, there must be a swimming pool to play happily, and it is even more perfect if the whole body can be coated with seabed mud that can both prevent mosquitoes and whiten the seabed. Just like the son-in-law of Kaihaitian Patty, their second hobby is on the agenda: finding a girl. What's even more peculiar is that, unlike other animals that are seasonal in finding girls, pigs are almost the same as humans and don't really care much about "good days and auspicious days". The result must be the same as Brother Gongzi, who was hollowed out by the "bone scraping steel knife". Its flesh smells sao and is hard to swallow.

I have to say that the ancient Chinese were very smart. They found that after a man castrated, he would have no interest in the affairs of men and women, and he could rest assured that he would leave his wife and concubine in his care, without worrying about the spread of environmentally friendly colors above his head. What about pigs? After castration, he is free from low tastes and becomes a noble pig, a pig that desperately grows meat, and a perfect pig. Therefore, it is not that the moral character of the pig (meat) is bad, but that it is harmed by those vices. Fang Zhongyong, as a righteous person, a kind person, is free from low-level interests (Fang Zhongyong resists desperately, I don't!). It is the responsibility and obligation to help them get rid of their bad habits and become pigs again.

So, Fang Zhongyong found an important helper to make the pigs turn back-the pig putter.

In the Song Dynasty, it was actually rare to see pigs, but there were people who were slashed - there was a special worship room in the palace, and there were high-level talents. It's a pity that Fang Zhongyong can't afford to invite it, and he doesn't dare to invite it. In case someone cuts their hands and gives them a knife, there is no place to cry!